The Zuckerbergs have many billions to give away. They want to shower a lot of it on researchers using AI to cure diseases.

The company will analyze claims data from over 2 million people enrolled in Medi-Cal. The data will be used for compliance reporting and to improve patient care coordination.

Not long ago, physicians and grocery clerks had a key duty in common: ‘connective labor.’  Today barcode reading machines sweep you through the checkout. And AI can handle most of your health questions. 

Clinicians who come to rely on AI for decision support risk the dulling of their skills. The concern is not new. But now comes a pointed call to researchers: Inquire about the particulars of the peril.

What do you get when you fall in love with AI in healthcare? A guy with a pin to burst your bubble. 

Just because it’s efficient doesn’t mean it’s effective. Nowhere is this thought more deserving of reflection than in healthcare AI—especially when it’s applied to clinical decision support.

The 2025 HLTH convention in Las Vegas, held at the Venetian Expo Center, brought together vendors, researchers and healthcare providers for four days of presentations, panels, awards and industry announcements. Here's a selection of news from the show floor. 

If you’ve sensed healthcare AI spending has been going extra-gangbusters over the past year or so, your perceptions are impressively attuned.